Module AT4102 T

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

3

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Auditory Technology 2022, Module part of a compulsory module, Auditory Technology
• Master Auditory Technology 2017, Module part of a compulsory module, Auditory Technology

Classes and lectures:

• Hearing Aid Technology (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 20 hours exam preparation
• 40 hours private studies and exercises
• 30 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Review of hearing aid technology
• Advanced insights into hearing aid transducers: Capacitive and electro-magnetic principles
• Hearing assistive Technology: Concept, validation and evaluation of wireless remote microphone systems
• Function and proof of hearing aid Features: Analysis of features with the percentile analysis according to IEC 60118-15, Special techniques for individual features (e.g. method of Hagerman and Olofsson, etc.)
• Extrinsic factors effecting the performance of hearing aids: Individual factors influencing the input signal of hearing aids; Acoustic coupling of a hearing aid to the individual ear

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• The students gain knowledge about hearing aid technology so that they understand the underlying physical principles.
• The students get insight into the function of hearing aid features and how the effect of these features can be analyzed with measurements.
• The students get an understanding what extrinsic factor effect the performance of hearing aids, e.g. the position of the microphone or the coupling of the transducer to the ear.
• Possibilities of hearing assistive technology are presented.
• The participants are able to see how additional technology, e.g. a wireless remote microphone system, can support the hearing aid user.

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Siehe Hauptmodul

Teacher:

• external institution
• Dr. Hendrik Husstedt

Literature:

• Dillon, Harvey : Hearing Aids 2 ed., Thieme Medical Publishers, 2012
• Valente, Michael : Hearing Aids: Standards, Options, andLimitations Thieme Verlag, 1996
• Sandlin, Robert E. : Textbook of Hearing Aid Amplification Singular Pub, 2000
• Katz, J., Chasin, M., English, K. & Hood, L : Handbook of Clinical Audiology 7 ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014
• Davis, D. & Patronis, E. : Sound System Engineering 3 ed., Focal Press, 2014

Language:

• English, except in case of only German-speaking participants

Notes:

Last Updated:

26.05.2021